The Legacy of Antonio Tabucchi
21/3, 5pm, online
This seminar intends to remember Tabucchi’s intellectual figure and start a first survey of its cultural legacy
With Andrea Bajani, Liz Wren-Owens, Elizabeth Harris and Thea Rimini.
Chaired by Luigi Pinton
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This Italian-made globe is the earliest known (c. 1504) to depict America. It is made of two engraved and inked ostrich eggs, which would have come from Africa. The shellac that joins the halves was extracted from insects native to south-east Asia. A material microcosm.
Conference Alert! Today and tomorrow:
8-9 October 2021
Twice-Told Stories in Contemporary Italian Literature (1980-2020) -- Online Conference
For information and booking, please contact Michele Maiolani [email protected] and Luigi Pinton [email protected]
non so se per una incredibile sciatteria o come strano omaggio ucronico, ma nella versione italiana di scarface di hawks, film del 1932 ambientato a chicago negli anni '20, viene mostrata la prima di un quotidiano che annuncia l'uscita di blood on the tracks di bob dylan (1975)
10 personal musings about ROMA.
1) The opening shot suggests that earth (the shit-infested ground) and heaven (the plane) are irreconcilably far even if they are joined -momentarily- and revealed, by water (the reflection). All truths in ROMA are revealed by water.